By Adil Khan This past Earth Day fell on the same day (Friday) as the Muslim holy day of the week. Let me say without hesitation that just as Islam is a religion of peace and establishes the sanctity and dignity of human life, it also teaches Muslims to cherish and protect our planet. The Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of God be upon him (pbuh), stated, “The world is green and beautiful, and Allah (God) has appointed you... Read more

  By Adil Khan Critics of Islam love to accuse it of denying women equal rights. I will address all those who make such accusatory claims using the very teachings of Islam itself. I will frame my arguments specifically in the light of this past Mother’s Day, Sunday May 8th. Let me first of all say that I am a proud Ahmadi Muslim, a follower of True Islam (Trueislam.com),  and of the True and only Caliph of this time, His Holiness,... Read more

by Zahid Mian Did you hear about the Mexican who was arrested for saying “hasta la vista”? Apparently someone nearby thought he was an illegal alien robot come to destroy the American dream. What about the Italian man arrested for mob-like activity when he was buying a car and uttered “I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse”? Or the Arab who was kicked off a plane because he spoke in his native language? Apparently a passenger and crew... Read more

by Seidu Malik When a child has all sorts of great ideas to make the world a beautiful place but then realizes with age that those ideas are in fact fantasies, he changes course and embraces the reality of things. If anyone taunts him later on in life as to what happened to those great ideas, the matured child is more than happy to confess that those were childhood days. That is, the imaginary world he is used to is... Read more

by Usama Awan This murder case, one of a kind in history, is so emotionally charged and contentious that many people have made the victim a mythological figure, one that defies all laws of nature and biology. Some even re-enact the murder scene every year to commemorate his death. While on the other hand, many maintain that the execution didn’t even happen and that people are stuck in fables. Academics, throughout the years, have failed to give an intellectually and... Read more

by Hassan Mahmood Written in response to an opinion published by Father James V. Schall S.J to CatholicWorldReport.com on April 17th entitled “Realism and Islam.” The original article can be found here: http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/4731/realism_and_islam.aspx What is realistic? Certainly, it is to assess things as they are.. It is no great leap of logic to then proclaim that to realistically judge men, they too must be judged by their actions. But what does this say about an ideal? If men fall far... Read more

by Ramlah Malhi-Saifi Often the progress of a nation is hampered by those with corrupt agendas. Yet all it takes is one law to change the tides. Such is the case in Pakistan. The Punjab Province in Pakistan recently passed a law protecting women from abuse of any sort. The Protection of Women Against Violence Bill protects women from physical violence, abusive language, stalking, and cyber crimes against women in Punjab. To a citizen of Western democracies, these human rights... Read more

by Adil Agha Khan       At least 65 people were murdered and upwards of 300 wounded in a suicide bombing in Lahore, Pakistan on Easter Sunday. The majority of the victims were women and children. I cannot even comprehend my own emotions regarding this matter. The fact is that it is like a sensory overload of pain which leaves me utterly unable to process this matter completely. What cowardly person would even seek to harm a single hair on the head of a... Read more